Editing George Peppard (section)

===Theatre===
Peppard made his stage debut in 1949 at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. After moving to New York City, Peppard enrolled in the [[Actors Studio]], where he studied [[Method acting|the Method]] with [[Lee Strasberg]]. He did a variety of jobs to pay his way during this time, such as working as a disc jockey, being a radio station engineer, teaching fencing, driving a taxi and being a mechanic in a motorcycle repair shop.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tinee |first=Mae |date=March 17, 1963 |title=Meeting a 'New' George Peppard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-meeting-a-new-george-pe/171311649/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |page=E14 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

He worked in summer stock in New England and appeared at the open air [[Oregon Shakespeare Festival]] in [[Ashland, Oregon]] for two seasons.

In August 1955, he appeared in the play ''The Sun Dial''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=The Sundial|url=https://archive.org/details/variety199-1955-08/page/n267/mode/1up?q=%22george+peppard%22|page=68|date=24 August 1955}}</ref>